Re: Miss dorkus reporting in:)

"It does have a poison locked away in it - one of its constituents is cyanide, (also found in Vitamin B12, almonds, cassava, cherries, strawberries and a host of other foods we consume), but it is locked into the compound Amygdalin, it is chemically inert and completely harmless to normal cells. In the same way, common salt (sodium chloride) is safe to eat despite containing the poison chlorine; of course if you ate too much salt at one time you would be ill. This is true of any substance, and would apply to Apricot Kernels. Amygdalin is actually less toxic than salt and sugar."
Per this quote from the article, does this mean the negative things we hear about why people prefer not to take seaweed due to the other ingredients contained in it are incorrect? Since it seems this whole food is designed in such a way that the poison is offset by the amygdalin, I would think it would also apply to the negatives in seaweed as well.

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